Best Middle Schools in Wisconsin

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Wisconsin test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the Forward Exam test scores by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 641)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
550039003341	301	Valley New School	Public, Charter	7-12	122 E College Ave	Appleton	54911	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 852-5605	66	4	16	48.5%	55 (83.3%)	1 (1.5%)	2 (3.0%)	4 (6.1%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.5%)	$11,309			$911			$10,398	55.3	72.7	136	165
551242003160	302	Randolph Middle School	Public	6-8	110 Meadowood Dr	Randolph	53956	Dodge County	Randolph School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(920) 326-2427	110	7	14.9	44.5%	95 (86.4%)	1 (0.9%)	9 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.5%)								55.2	46.4	356	54
551704002271	303	Wisconsin Dells Middle School	Public	6-8	520 Race St	Wisconsin Dells	53965	Columbia County	Wisconsin Dells School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 253-2467	378	24	16	55.3%	257 (68.0%)	8 (2.1%)	76 (20.1%)	2 (0.5%)	20 (5.3%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (3.7%)	$12,470			$543			$11,927	55.1	63.5	207	96
551095001438	304	Washington Middle	Public	6-8	102 S Washington St	Oconto Falls	54154	Oconto County	Oconto Falls Public School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 848-4463	359	26	13.8	39.3%	320 (89.1%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.7%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.3%)	$12,278			$377			$11,901	55.1	56	266	38
550825000913	305	Loyal Middle School	Public	6-8	514 W Central	Loyal	54446	Clark County	Loyal School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 255-8511	106	9	11.5	44.3%	91 (85.8%)	1 (0.9%)	11 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.8%)								55.1	46.2	359	54
550681002990	306	Independence Middle	Public	6-8	23786 Indee Blvd	Independence	54747	Trempealeau County	Independence School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 985-3172	88	8	11.3	56.8%	45 (51.1%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (47.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	$16,161			$1,416			$14,744	54.9	52.2	300	6
550174000213	307	Brodhead Middle	Public	6-8	2100 W 9th Ave	Brodhead	53520	Green County	Brodhead School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 897-2184	217	18	11.9	41.9%	186 (85.7%)	3 (1.4%)	23 (10.6%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	$13,589			$361			$13,228	54.9	54.7	282	25
550405000645	308	Northstar Middle	Public	6-8	2711 Abbe Hill Dr	Eau Claire	54703	Eau Claire County	Eau Claire Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 852-5100	529	42	12.6	43.9%	401 (75.8%)	9 (1.7%)	33 (6.2%)	50 (9.5%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	27 (5.1%)	$14,217			$287			$13,930	54.9	54.9	279	29
551254001658	309	Kickapoo High	Public	6-12	S6520 State Highway 131	Viola	54664	Richland County	Kickapoo Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 627-0103	258	20	12.6	40.7%	243 (94.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.9%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	$13,375			$1,152			$12,224	54.8	61.2	222	87
551644002535	310	Westfield Area Middle	Public	7-8	N7046 County Road M	Westfield	53964	Marquette County	Westfield School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 296-2141	174	12	14	49.4%	149 (85.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.0%)	$11,280			$1,019			$10,262	54.7	38.1	426	116

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Forward Exam English Language Arts, Forward Exam Mathematics, Forward Exam Social Studies, Forward Exam Science test scores released by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on October 8, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.